Emily Blunt Shocks Fans with Candid Marriage Confession and Surprise ‘Devil Wears Prada’ Sequel Tease

British star Emily Blunt is enjoying a fresh wave of buzz after a candid new profile and a string of headline-making projects put her back at the center of pop-culture conversation. In Elle’s annual Women in Hollywood issue, the Oscar-nominated actor rewinds to her very first film audition at 19. Blunt recalls director Paweł Pawlikowski asking her to imagine seeing “your dad … with his secretary” and to cycle through horror, rage and tears on the spot—a trial by fire that ultimately landed her the breakout role in “My Summer of Love”. She tells the magazine the experience “created a foundation of embracing ambiguity and spontaneity,” lessons that still shape her process two decades later. Those lessons will be on full display next summer in Benny Safdie’s gritty biopic “The Smashing Machine,” where Blunt stars opposite Dwayne Johnson as Dawn Staples, the fiercely loyal partner of MMA legend Mark Kerr. The actor jokes her performance “should have been sponsored by WonderBra,” thanks to Dawn’s larger-than-life aesthetic and the intense physicality of the role. Meanwhile, fashion fans are buzzing about the newly unveiled teaser for “The Devil Wears Prada 2,” which reunites Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway and Blunt nearly 20 years after the original became a global phenomenon. Speaking to Elle, Blunt calls revisiting the cynical assistant Emily Charlton “terribly moving,” crediting the first film with shattering the period-drama mold that often confines British actresses. Blunt is also savoring her first Academy Award nomination, earned for her nuanced turn as Kitty Oppenheimer in Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster drama “Oppenheimer.” The nod, announced while she was walking her children to school with husband John Krasinski, left her “in tears on a Brooklyn street corner,” she says—a moment that underscores how far the onetime stage newcomer has traveled. Away from set, Blunt offers a rare glimpse into life with Krasinski, telling Variety she still “cries at the end of most jobs” but values producing for the creative control it affords. Her mantra—“Is it the end of the world, or not that big of a deal?”—may be the secret to juggling awards campaigns, sequel excitement and a high-profile new drama all at once. With award season heating up, “The Smashing Machine” poised to unveil its first trailer and runway-ready nostalgia fueling “Prada 2,” Emily Blunt’s star power—and search interest—show no signs of slowing down.